BORN IN CEDAR RAPIDS,IOWA,ON JANUARY 28,1981,ELIJAH JORDAN WOOD APPEARED IN LOCAL TV COMMERCIALS AND WORKED AS A MODEL BEFORE MOVING WITH HIS FAMILY TO LOS ANGELES IN 1988 A ROLE IN A PAULA ABDUL VIDEO WAS FOLLOWED BY HIS MOVIE DEBUT IN ‘’BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II.’’BIGGER AND BETTER ROLES QUICKLY FOLLOWED, AND BY THE TIME HE WAS A TEENAGER, HE HAD STARRED OPPOSITE MEL GIBSON IN’’FORVER YOUNG’’AND MACAULAY CULKIN IN’’THE GOOD SON,’’TAKEN THE LEAD IN’’THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN,’’STARRED IN A REMAKE OF ‘’FLIPPER,’’AND PLAYED THE ARTFUL DODGER OPPOSITE RICHARD DREYFUSS AS FAGIN IN AN’’OLIVER TWIST’’TV MOVIE.